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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monsignor McCoy Colts JV season opened the spring with a win. The Colts beat the Brooks Buffalos 15-5 Tuesday in a five-inning game. James Cole started the game on the mound, notching four strikeouts in three innings of work. He also tallied three hits with two runs scored and two RBIs. Aaron Recio [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Boxing Club had seven fighters in action over the weekend. The local boxing club had fighters attend provincials and others at a sub novice tournament. In the sub novice bouts, Rylan McCulloch defeated Joey Marino from Spruce Grove in his first match before losing to Ronan Golinski from Calgary Bowmont in [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Teamwork makes the dream work, it also helps get names on award lists. On Tuesday, the Western Hockey League announced the six finalists for the Lloyd Sanders Memorial trophy for executive of the year and the finalists for the Dunc McCallum Memorial trophy for coach of the year. Medicine Hat Tigers head coach and [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Hounds Sledge Hockey club was well represented at Westerns over the weekend. The Hounds Sledge Hockey club sent five teams, three intermediate teams and two junior squads to compete at the 19th annual Matt Cook Western Canadian Sledge Hockey Tournament in Calgary. The Hounds were part of a field of 24 [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat Tigers captain Oasiz Wiesblatt was able to celebrate his birthday in a unique fashion Tuesday. The now 21-year-old has usually spent his birthday back home in Calgary, with his season complete and the outlook already on next year. This year, the grizzled veteran spent the day with three-on-three play during practice and [...] Read More »

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Gary Player kicked his leg after his tee shot down the middle. Jack Nicklaus joked about the challenge in bending over to put his tee in the ground. Tom Watson outdrove them both with a swing that has held up over time. Together, the three luminaries got the Masters underway Thursday [...] Read More »

Rowers from British universities Oxford and Cambridge will compete on Sunday in the men’s and women’s Boat Race, one of the oldest sporting events in the world that typically attracts more than 200,000 spectators along the River Thames in London. The men’s race first took place in 1829. The women’s crews have been racing along [...] Read More »

CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic (AP) — Japan beat newly promoted Norway 4-2 at the women’s ice hockey world championship on Thursday. Mei Miura had a goal and an assist and Akane Hosoyamada, Rui Ukita, Riri Noro and Akane Shiga also scored for Japan in a Group B game. Andrea Dalen and Marthe Brunvold had a [...] Read More »

PARIS (AP) — Turmoil at the FIA, the governing body for Formula 1 and other auto racing, has deepened after its deputy president for sport resigned in protest at how it is run. Robert Reid’s resignation is the latest sign of discontent with the direction taken by the FIA under President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, whose [...] Read More »

BERLIN (AP) — The Champions League is not doing Der Klassiker any favors. Bayern Munich hosts Borussia Dortmund on Saturday for what has traditionally been one of the Bundesliga’s showpiece games of the season, but both rivals are smarting after chastening Champions League defeats and preoccupied by how they might continue in Europe’s premier competition. [...] Read More »